CHEM 767: Chem Info Retrieval

Nick Paparoidamis
[All this belongs on a page called "Nick Paparoidamis Log" - this page is for your final project JCB]
September 24th, 2009:
Intro to class/syllabus:
  • Set up Wiki
  • Second Life
  • ChemSpider
  • Wikipedia
  • Sigma Aldrich
  • Web of Science

Potential Paper Topics:
  • Synthesis of Nitrate Esters
  • [3,3] Sigmatropic Rearrangements
  • Free Radical Cyclizations & Backbites

This is what my current research project is on, and this will also be the topic of my literature review.

Synthesis of Nitrate Esters:
  • Nitronium Ion (Conc HNO3 / Conc H2SO4)
  • Acetic Anhydride (CH3COOCOCH3) / Fuming Nitric Acid (>95% HNO3)
  • Trifluoroacetic Anhydride (CF3COOCOCF3) / LiNO3
  • Phosgene (COCl2) / AgNO3

[3,3] Sigmatropic Rearrangements (Cope Rearrangement)
  • Bullvalene
    • Constanly undergoes rearrangement
    • No C-C bond is permanent



Free Radical Cyclizations
  • Backbites
  • Tandem Cyclizations
  • Cylcizations of Baldwin Disfavoured Systems